1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen should consider taking a sabbaꦬtical if Red Bull’s performance doesn’t improve.

Verstappen’s F1 future has continued to be a hಌot top𝔉ic since Helmut Marko expressed concerns that Red Bull could lose their star driver if the team’s on-track performance doesn’t improve.

Red Bull have been consistently out-performed by McLaren over the l🍌ast year.

It means Verstappen is unlikely to win a fifth consecutive🥂 F1 drivers’ title this year𒉰.

Verstappen is thou🌄ght to have an exit clause in his F1 cont🐲ract linked to Red Bull’s performance.

As a result, speculation has been rife about Verstappen possibly making the switc𓂃h to either Mercedes or Aston Martin.

Despite showing 🐓interest in Verstappen last year, Toto Wolff has insisted he’s happy with his current dri🃏ver line-up.

Aston Martin have 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lance Stroll locked down for 2026.

Even if they’re able to offer Verstappen an extraordinary contract in terms 🅷of salary, their on-track performance alone wouldn’t give Verstappen much optimism.

Hill weighs in on Verstappen’s future

One possibility for Verstappen is taki🌃ng a sabbatical.

Another factor in play 🅰is the recent birth of his daughtꦜer, Lily.

A year ꦗaway from the sport would allow Verstappen to spend time with his daughter 𝓡and weigh up which team is performing best in 2026.

2026 sees the introduction of entirely new en🌸gines and vastly different chassis rules, meaning the competitive order is likely going to be shaken-up.

Giving his view on Verstappen’s F1 future, Hi🐎ll said on the BBC’s Chequered Flag podcast: “I mean, Red Bull are fighting to retain Max Verstappen.

“I mean, there is a clause in the contract. It’s been explained quite clearly that there’s ܫa performance clause, and if they don’t match the performance clause, and let’s be honest, he’s never delivering less than 100%.

“If they don’t give him that, then he’s free to go wherever he wants. So, Red Bull are under pressurജe.

“W🥃here can he go? I don’t know. George is on the verge of signing, they say, with Mercedes again, and then that’s that bl𒐪ocked out. I don’t know.

“I think he could. It might be a wise thing to do when you can see which way the wind’s going to blow after the🐓se new regulation changes.

“He’s youꦕng, he’s won four world championships, he’s won goodness ♌how many races.

“Nobody knows what’s on the other side of the en♎d of this season. What is going to happen?

“He could sit back next year and go, OK, I can see which way the future’s going to go for the next 10 years and whatever team is doing well will find the money to p🍰ay for having Max.”